Sergei Parajanov

Birthday

January 9, 1924 (66 years)

Place of Birth

Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR

Known For

Directing

Biography

Sergei Parajanov (Armenian: Սերգեյ Փարաջանով; Russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Параджа́нов; Georgian: სერგო ფარაჯანოვი; Ukrainian: Сергій Йо́сипович Параджа́нов; sometimes spelled Paradzhanov or Paradjanov; January 9, 1924 – July 20, 1990) was a Soviet film director and artist of Armenian descent who made significant contributions to Soviet cinematography through Ukrainian, Georgian, and Armenian cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sergei Parajanov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.